Combined churn and clothes washer



J. PIPES.

pOMBINED CHURN AND CLOTHES WASHER. APPLICATION FILED MAR, 20. 1919.

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COMBINED CHURN AND CLOTHES WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20. I919.

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Patented JOSEPH PIPES, OF GUEYDAN, LOUISIANA.

COMBINED Cit-TURN AND QLOTHES WASHER.

Application filed March 26, Serial No. 283,786.

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, dossrir Prrns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gueydan, in the parish ofVermilion and tate of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Combined Churn and Clothes VTasher,

of which the following is a specification.

It is the object this invention to provide a device which, at the will of an operator, may be used either as a churn or as a clothes washer, novel means being provided for mounting the receptacle for rotation and novel means being provided for operating the pounder.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in vertical section, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, parts appearing in elevation; Figure 2 a top plan; Figure 3 is a top plan of the rotatable platform or table; and Figure 4 is a section of the table.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a support denoted generally by the numeral 1. The support 1 includes a lower rectangular frame 2 and an upper rectangular frame 3 connected by corner posts 4. Posts at at the front and the back of the support 1 are united bycross bars 5 located between the frames 2 and 3. Retainers 6,

which may be strips, connect the cross bars 5 with the end portions of the lower frame 2. Mounted on the end members of the lower frame 2 is a lower platform 7. i111 upper platform. 8 is mounted on the cross bars 5. The ends of the platforms 7 and 8 are disposed between the retainers 6, and, consequently. the platforms cannot move crosswise. The lower platform 7 is provided on its lower surface and at its endswith cleats 9, which, coacting with the end portions of the lower frame 2, prevent the platform 7 from moving endwise. Similarly, the upper platform 8 is supplied on its lower surface and at its ends with cleats it), which prevent the platform 8 from movendwise. will be seen that, althouoh the piatf rms '7 and S are removablv motilited on the support 1,. they cannot move either transversely or longitudinally. A thrust beario ll is mounted on the lower platform 7 and is supplied witn a plurality of seats 12, spaced apart longitudinally of the thr ust hearing. i earing is mounte on the upper platiorm 8 and is supplied with a plurality of openings 15, aline d vertie-ally with the seats 12 of the thrust bear ing 11. Standards 16 connect the frames 2 and 3 of the support 1., at the rear end of the support and project above the upper frame, The standards 16 are united i11- rermediate their ends by a tie plate 17.

At their upper ends, the standards 16 carry transverse guides 18, between which the ends of a. carrier 19, preferably in the form or a oar, are mounted, so that the carrier may be ad usted horizontally, transversely of the standards 16. l

The standards 16 are supplied with ap urality of openings and. there are similar openings in the cues of the carrier 19. in any or the openings 20, retainers may be mounted, to hold the r liver 19 in place. J13 V arter the same has Urn adpisted horizontally.

The numeral marks a fulcrum member having a stem 23 mounted in the carrier 19 intermediate the ends of the carrier. There are a plurality of transverse openings 24 in the stem of the fulcrum, member 22. and In any of these openings, a securing device 25, such as a bolt, mounted in t e carrier 19, may be received. Subserpiently, the fulcrun member 22 may be adjusted vertically, The numeral 26 marks a lever, pivotally supported intermediate its ends, as indicated at 27, on the fulcrum member 31 pair of strips 28, constituting a plunger, are disposed on opposite sides of the forward end of the lever 26, and are pivoted thereto, as indicated at 29. The strips 28 are supplied with a plurality of openings 80, to permit a ver tical adjustment of the strips with respect to the forward end of the lever 26. Between the lower ends of the strips 28 is received a reduced neck 31 of a post 32 constituting a part of a cruciform body 38, the body 33 and the post 32 forming pounder. The body of the pounder and the post thereof may be connected by braces' l i, Securing elements connect the reduced neck 31 of the pounder with the. strips 28.

The numeral. 36 denotes a horizontal table, which may be of open cruciform outline, the arms oi the table carrying transverse bars 37 constituting supports for a tuber other receptacle 50.

stem 39. The stem 39 is journaled tor rotation in the hearing 14%., the low-r end of the stem being, supported on the thrust hearing; 11. Since there are urality of openings 15 in the hearing 14, and correspondinn' seats 12 in the thrust hearing 11, the table 36 may be adjusted transversely, carrying with it, in a horizontal adjustn'icnt, the tub 50.

In practical. operation, when the lever 26 is operated, the pounder will operate in the receptacle 50, it being possible to rotate the receptacle along with the table 26 which is jourualed, by means of the stem 29 in the bearings 1 1 and 1] ot the support 1 It is to be observed that, since the bearings 1 1 and 11 are'provided respectively, with a plurality of openings 15 and with a plurality of seats 12, the table 36 may be adjusted in a horizontal direction, toward and away from the standards 16, so as to accommodate receptacles of different sizes. mounting the pivot element 29 in the openings 30 of the strips 28, the pounder may be adjusted vertically with'respcct to the forward end of the lever 26. and with respect. to tie tub 50. It is possible to slide the carrier 19 forwardly and backwardly between the guides 18 and to hold the car'ier in place by means of the retainers 21, thus shitting the fulcrum member" 22 horizontally. The -fulcrum mem ber 22 may he raised and lowered, the stem 23 of the tulcrum member moving I rtica lly in the carrier 19, the securing device'25 co-v operating with any selected opening 24; in the stem 23. It may he noted that the lever 26 is to slide with a plurality of openings 51. in any of which the pivot element 27 may The central portion of the table 36 carries a post 38 including); a reduced he mounted, thereby to vary the length of the respective end portions of the lever 26.

Generally considered, the d vice is so constructed that it may be adapted readily to tubs of different diameters,

lifdesired,the platforms 7 and 8 may be removed, thereby making it possible to place a relatively tall. receptacle within the contour of the frames 53 and il hen the device is used as a churn, the pounder shown in the; drawings will, ofcourse,'be replaced by a flasher of suitable construction (not shown). l urther, the tub 50 will .01 course he replaced by a churn houy oi u'oper configuration and shape.

Having thus described. the invention, what is claimed is1- i 1. In an apparatus of the class described, a support having a standard rising there from, a tahle mounted for adjustment t0- ward and away froinsaid standard, a lever tulcrumed intermediate its ends on said stand a rd :1 n d adj u st ah-l e thereon, and a pounder carried by said lever and vertically adjustable thcron, the adjustment of said lever and the table adapting the apparatus for use in connection with vessels of different dian'ieters.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a sup-porting structure, astandardrising therefrom, a carrier mounted on said standard tor zuljustment laterally relative thereto, a member mounted for vertical adjust ment on said carrier, a lever fulcruined intermediate its ends on said member and adapted. 'itor longitudinal ad ustment thereon, a

plunger depending from one end of said. lever, the t}(l]11$t111611t of said lever and table adapting the apparatus for use with vessels of ditlerent sizes.

' in testimony that lclaim the foregoing as my own, lhave hereto at" 1d my signature in the presence of twov witnesses.

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